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"New" utility Brat

my wife pointed this one out in a tow yard.....i think she is encouraging the habit......

so we got it for $100 - will become her farm vehicle,we use subys instead of expensive ATV's and UTVwas missing some parts and is rusty as hell, but will work great for ushad another car paked on the tailgate when we picked it up

yesterday i had my first attempt at installing a windshield....
getting the rubber seal out of the parts car did not go so well, ended up taking the windshield out with my boot:D

this brat came with a windshield but no seal

i got it reinstalled....not a real pro job but i don't think it will fall out
got black urethane EVERYWHERE.....
and will have to repaint some places..
i don't think i would attempt this on a road car, just for future reference:

And I don't know why, but every time I see those rims, I want a set, really bad.
What are they? They're after-market right?
I think I've seen a set of those on maybe four or five members' cars on here..

yah i have 4 1/2 i have 2 78's, 79, 85, and a 1/2 of a 86:Di tore it apart and have everything off it that was still good and when i mean everything i mean everything i have the wheel wells:grin:but i didnt get all the parts i needed for mine because the 86 got hit a 60mph:-\

i have 3 brats - 2 UTVs, this one and a brown one that will be getting a safety orange paintjob at some point, then my DD blue one (that has a bad engine at the momentthen a couple wagons as well,.......

subys work really well around our farm - my wifes family have a small direct market and upick fruit and vegetable operation.

Yes thats a hilux or toyota pickup 76 shortbox (never seen another) belongs to my Brother in law and i am looking after it while he works for the gov, was my daily driver for a while but it has a LOT of issues, but starts and runs every time - has been in the family since new, transfered and gifted so many times between family members it crazy.

yeah blue one is a redrilled on Mazda alloys
i can't seem to find ttop units to buy......i would like one, but it hasn't happened.....yet

Mugs - this one won't be on the road any time soon, the amount of rust underneath is almost to midwest standards- fixable but i don't need to at this time this one is for on-farm only.
Engine is toasted in the blue one...now might just be the time for EJ......??????......

back on topic.......
got the interior back in this weekend, still have to finish fitting the seats, had GL seats that were badly fitted, will punch some plates after work today.

bed trim back on and started on the tailgate latches - bought some pin type latches and will just mount them on the outside, originals were too beat up to work right.
drove it around a bit, need to bleed the brakes.....

1 question for the gurus,- have an electric fuel pump hooked up to the key, if i leave the key on (pump running) for a few minutes the fuel leaks past the needle valve and runs into the intake, filling up whichever cylinder has the intake valve open? new needle valve, used fuel pump,
do i need a pressure regulator?
i have done this before and not had the issue

still having fuel issues with this car.....
i think i have several problems
fuel is not coming out of the tank, -is there a screen? how do you clean it?
so i have it hooked up to a jerry can in the back for now.
the hitachi carb i have on it worked OK before then i removed everything that i thought was extra from it - electric choke, vac secondary, a ton of vacumn lines...
will run now but if i let the fuel pump run without the engine running it will just flood into the throttle body - maybe i removed something important....???

i am at the point where i am going to put an old carter/weber single barrel on it that i am pretty sure works.

found some new info....
seems i removed something i needed from this carb, swapped on an old single barrel that i know worked and it started right up and ran fine.
although now it seems i have a leak in the tank.... , just on the fill tube i think.
will look at it this weekend, also am pulling the engine from the blue brat to get it back on the road....